Blue Johns Blues

                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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                                             Song - Blue John's Blues
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                              Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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                                              Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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D          G            C                  G
Mystery is following me down that lonesome road
    D               G                D     G
And I don't know my way, my way back home
D             Em              C                G
Someone on my shoulder and he will not share a load
    D               G                D     G    D  G
And I don't know my way, my way back home

VERSE 2
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          D                 A
There's a certain something deep inside
       Em               G
Like a rolling sea or a river wide
D                        G
And the orchestra starts playing
         D   G
Get down Joe

VERSE 3
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        D                     A
You can see his face, you can feel his smile
         C                           G
Put your head down low and let those tears run wild
         D                g
When the orchestra starts playing
     D
Blue John's Blues

PD  CHORUS
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            A                 D              A
Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said
               D    F#m                A              D  G
I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that we do
          G
While the folks around me sing on
            D
Blue John's Blues

CHORUS
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F       C#m       C  D   Bm
Band is swinging, people singing
         D
Get down Joe
         F
Get down Joe
         G
Get down Joe
         D
Get down Joe
         D
Get down Joe
                   G
Would you get back Joe
                 D
Oh Lord get back Joe

G  O
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D  G  D

VERSE 4
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          D                     A
There's a place down home where people meet
     C                         G
They clap their hands and they stamp their feet
         D                             G
When the orchestra starts and the band playing
         D
Get down Joe

VERSE 5
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     D                      A
They sing out loud and they sing out clear
          C                       G
Turn your head round girl and you might just hear
   D                      G
If you do then start down singing
            D
Blue John's Blues

PD  CHORUS
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            A                 D              A
Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said
               D    F#m                A               D  G
I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that you do
          C               G
While the folks around me sing on
            D
Blue John's Blues

CHORUS
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F       C#m       C  D   Bm
Band is swinging, people singing
         D
Get down Joe
         F
Get down Joe
         G
Get down Joe
         D
Get down Joe
         D
Get down Joe
                   G
Would you get back Joe
                 D
Oh Lord get back Joe

G  O
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D  G  D

BRIDGE
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A
Take hold of John's blues
Must be a thousand hues
            D
Blue John's Blues
C        G
Get back Joe
          A
Take back all of your dough
You've got no place to go
            D
Blue John's Blues
C            G
Get back now Joe
   A
My sweetest girl that I ever had
            G
She's drive any poor man bad
            D
Blue John's Blues
C  G
   A         Em         A
My Ma and my Papa said, Son
               A
You'll get the KB when you're not on the run

VERSE 6
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A           D      C  G
Blue John's Blues
        A
Well my lady and me we're gonna dance all night
Yeah yeah we're gonna dance until the broad broad light
            D      C  G
Blue John's Blues
    A
The sweetest girl that I ever had
          G
Was guaranteed to drive a poor man bad
            D
Blue John's Blues
          G
Blue John Blues
            D
Blue John's Blues
         D
Get back Joe
         D
Get back Joe
         D
Get back Joe
               D
Lord, get back Joe